The Trustees have accepted, upon a request from the Clifton Park Historic Preservation Commission, seven memorial stones formerly in a local cemetery which has closed.
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The Memorial Stones were placed in a storage area for over 10 years.
One of the easiest to read stones in near perfect shape.
Walk in the light and e’en the tomb, No tearful shade shall wear; Glory shall chase away its gloom For Christ hath conquered there.
Methodist Memorial Stones are in their new location.
Sarah DeGroff stone
Robert Usher
The following is a list of the headstones from the Methodist Cemetery above:
John L. Clapper d. April 13, 1865
Catherine Clapper d. January 13, 1900
Sarah, daughter of David Carpenter d. April 20, 1842
Robert Usher d. October 1, 1848
Sarah E. daughter of ? and Henrietta DeGroff
James Berry d. August 2, 1870
No name on broken stone D. December 31, 1856, Aged 22
The Jonesville Cemetery is also the resting place of eleven Methodist Ministers, many of whom served as Circuit Riders in the early days. They are listed below.
Circuit Rider symbol is added by Ed Bennett with Pastor Lockwood in November, 2014 on Rev. James Beskin’s lot.
Jacob M Appleman : 1846 – 1930
James Beskin*: 1924 – 2005
Cabot Clark: 1820 – 1892
Roland Conklin*: died 2011 (highly respected, loved minister)
David T. Elliott*: died 1891, 72 years old
A. H. Honsinger: 1821-1849
David McKenzie: died 1910, 86 years old
John B. Stratton*: died 1863 (claims to be the first burial in the Jonesville Cemetery)
Lewis Sutherland*: died 1846
Gideon Townsend: 1816-1885
Donald Brandt: 1927 – 1981
Thomas Hopkins MacClenthen: 1826 – 1912 (served in Civil War; became minister before moving to Jonesville; died while in a carriage to the Saratoga battlefield)
*pastor at Jonesville United Methodist